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• Panic — Pan ic, a. [Gr. paniko s of or pertaining to Pa n Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.] Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. A panic fright.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• panic — I. adjective Etymology: French panique, from Greek panikos, literally, of Pan, from Pan Date: 1603 1. of, relating to, or resembling the mental or emotional state believed induced by the god Pan < panic fear > 2. of, relating to, or arising from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• panic — Synonyms and related words: abject fear, affright, agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, awe, bear panic, belly laugh, blue funk, blue story, boggle, buck fever, case of nerves, cold feet, confound,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• panic — [17] Panic is etymologically ‘terror caused by the god Pan’. The ancient Greeks believed that he lurked in lonely spots, and would frighten people by suddenly appearing, or making noises. He was evidently invoked to account for alarming but… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Fear of flying — is a fear of being on a plane while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromechanophobia.OverviewFear of flying may be a distinct phobia in itself, or it may be an indirect manifestation of one …   Wikipedia

• Fear Itself (comics) — Fear Itself Promotional image by Stuart Immonen. Publisher Marvel Comics Publication date April – October 2011 …   Wikipedia

• Panic Disorder —    Panic has always been considered a symptom of larger psychiatric illnesses. Yet, only recently has it come to be considered a disorder of its own. The whole panic story is interesting as an example of how symptoms wax and wane in the history… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• panic — panic1 [pan′ik] n. [ME panyk < L panicum, kind of millet < panus, ear of millet, a swelling < IE base * pank , to swell > Pol pąk, a bud] any of several grasses (genus Panicum), as millet, used as fodder: also panic grass panic2… …   English World dictionary

• fear — n 1 Fear, dread, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic, terror, horror, trepidation denote the distressing or disordering agitation which overcomes one in the anticipation or in the presence of danger. Fear is the most general term; like… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• fear — /fear/, n. 1. a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. 2. a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of… …   Universalium

• Panic-stricken — Pan ic strick en, Panic struck Pan ic struck , a. Struck with a panic, or sudden fear; thrown into a state of intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic stricken crowd. Burke. Syn: panicky, petrified, terrified, frightened. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English